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SAN ANTONIO — Event-data recorders for commercial vehicles will become reality, and the trucking industry should come forward now to shape how they are designed and used before the federal government does, government safety officials said last week..

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The U.S. economy expanded at a 7.2% annual rate in the third quarter, the fastest in almost two decades, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

MARLINTON, W.Va. - Fred Burns Jr. managed to keep his trucking company afloat through devastating floods in 1985 and 1996, but now he is trying to protect the industry he leads from what he believes is an even greater threat — soaring insurance rates propelled by a rising tide of what many consider frivolous lawsuits.

SAN ANTONIO — American Trucking Associations’ board of directors decided to reconstitute its intermodal conference in an effort to tap the membership potential of an industry sector that is expected to quadruple within 20 years.

SAN ANTONIO — The Transportation Security Administration made official what virtually all sectors of trucking already knew: The agency will not meet its self-imposed deadline to begin conducting fingerprint background checks for drivers certified to haul hazardous materials.

SAN ANTONIO — Over the next 12 months, American Trucking Associations wants to expand its Highway Watch program to all 50 states, train 300,000 more drivers and recruit security personnel from 3,000 transportation firms to create an emergency communications network to help public officials respond to terrorist attacks and other emergency situations, association officials said.

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